I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: and in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy Catholic Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.

1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.
3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
5. Honour thy father and thy mother.
6. Thou shalt not kill.
7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
8. Thou shalt not steal.
9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
10. Thou shalt not covet.

The Bible is the Word of God. We believe that the writing of the Bible is divinely inspired so that every word and every syllable have divine endorsement. Therefore the Bible is infallible (has no mistakes) and inerrant (cannot make mistakes). Although God is the author of the Bible, He used holy men who were moved by the Holy Ghost to do the writing (2 Pet 1:21). Therefore the Bible is the Christian's supreme and final authority in faith and life. The Bible is therefore profitable for the Christian and his correction and instruction. In obeying the Word of God, the Christian will mature in the faith and be trained to do all good works (2 Tim 3:16,17).

Inerrancy and infallibility of the Bible are applied to the original manuscripts. Our Church believes that the Authorised Version or King James Translation is faithful to the original text. Therefore the KJV is our official approved Bible for public reading. However, for private Bible Study, the New International Version can be used. We reject the New English Bible and the Revised Standard Version as they contain liberal inaccuracies.

Some Christians do not believe in the Virgin birth of Jesus. The liberals say it does not matter as long as we believe in Jesus. Both the Old Testament (Isa 7:14) and the gospels (Matt 1:23) are very clear about this issue. Jesus was conceived by the Holy Ghost. He had no earthly father and only Mary was the chosen means by which the second person of the Trinity could be God become man, to live among men and then to give His life a ransom for men (Phil 2:6-11).

Because Jesus was virgin-born, we can be assured that He was born without sin. Throughout His thirty-three years on earth, Jesus was sinless and none could convict Him of any sin (Jn 8:46). Only a sinless God can take upon Himself the sins of sinful man, pay the price of death for our sins on the cross and obtain for us full and complete forgiveness. The doctrine of salvation is the substitutionary sacrifice of the sinless Son of God, i.e. Christ died for our sins that we may have eternal life.

The gospel is the Good News. This good news is found in John 3:16. Martin Luther calls this Bible verse, "the Bible in miniature". All who repent of their sins and believe in Jesus are accepted before God on the grounds of the finished work of Jesus on the cross. The doctrine of salvation consists of the following essentials:

1. Man who was created in the image of God sinned through the fall of Adam (Rom 3:23). This resulted in man's separation from God which means both physical and spiritual death.
    
2. Jesus came into this sinful world to show us that God is love. He went to the cross voluntary to die sinners. He satisfied the demands of a righteous God that sinners must die (Rom 6:23).
    
3. Salvation therefore is by grace through faith (Eph 2:8,9). No man can work for his salvation. But all who repent of their sins and receive Jesus Christ as Saviour will be saved. The Bible calls the sinner saved by grace, "a child of God" (Jn 1:12).

The Good News further tells us that the sinner, once saved, and is a Christian, cannot be lost. This is the Reformed Faith. The Christian is secure in Christ. This assurance of salvation is given by Christ Himself (Jn 10:27-30).

St. Paul shows that the resurrection of Jesus is an established fact and it is the cornerstone of the messages of the apostles (1 Cor 15). The validity of the resurrection affects some vital Christian doctrines. If it can be proven that Christ did not rise again, Christianity becomes the same as any other religion. After the crucifixion and burial but before His ascension, Jesus appeared no less than 10 times to more than 500 different people. He once challenged Thomas to touch His nail-pierced hands, (Jn 20:27) in His appearance to the disciples after His resurrection.

The spiritual significance of the resurrection is that Christ is victorious over man's worst enemy, namely death. By His resurrection He has conquered death. God has accepted the death of His son as sufficient payment for the sins of mankind and has restored Jesus to His rightful position as a member of the Holy Trinity. Jesus therefore has obtained victory for the Christian not only in the present life but in the life after death.

The most direct reference is from Jesus Himself. He declares, "I will come again" (Jn 14:3). There are numerous references in the New Testament that Jesus is coming again. The two angels who were present at the ascension of Jesus at Mount Olivet in Jerusalem said that Jesus would come again in the same manner, that is a visible, literal and bodily return. Christian have waited patiently for 20 centuries. The early Christians were impatient and Peter had to rebuke them. He explained that "the Lord is long suffering towards us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance" (2 Pet 3:9). He will come unexpectedly and when He does come, it will be too late to evangelise the lost.

The B-P Church believes in the premillenial return of our Lord. This means that the Second Coming of Jesus will usher in 1000 years of peace under the Kingship of Jesus. Those Christians who have served their Saviour well will receive their rewards and rule with Christ during the millennium (Rev 20:4). Satan and his angels will be shut up in hell awaiting the day of final judgement. At the end of the millennium, all mankind must come before Christ at the Great White Throne to face their final judgement. The Book of Life will be opened. Your name is written in this book if you are a child of God. If not, the judgement will deliver you into the lake of fire, that is hell (Rev 20:15). The millennium, the Judgement Seat of Christ and hell are literal places. They are not metaphorical as the Liberals will present them. Let us be forewarned that we may be adequately prepared.